Differential Response to Treatment as a Function of the Changing Character of a Depression
JAMES J. CADDEN M.D.1, and
FREDERIC F. FALCH M.D.2
1 U.S. Public Health Service
2 Clinical associate professor of psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021
The proper choice of an antidepressant in a given clinical situation is often controversial. The case presented points up the necessity for viewing each episode of a recurrent depressive illness in terms of both the psychopathology and the psychodynamics before choosing a therapeutic agent.
